The 1914 All England Open Badminton Championships was a badminton tournament held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, England from 3 March to 8 March 1914.
It would be the last Championship before being suspended for the duration of World War I. Defending champion Guy Sautter continued to play under the alias of U N Lappin and successfully defended his title. Lavinia Radeglia emulated Sautter by retaining her women's singles title.
In the Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & George Thomas retained the title. The instances of an alias being used continued, in addition to Sautter playing as Lappin, Archibald Engelbach played as A. Fee.
Final results CategoryWinnersRunners-upScoreMen's singles U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) Frank Chesterton15–4, 15–10Women's singles Lavinia Radeglia Mrs Bottomley11–3, 11-5Men's doubles Frank Chesterton & Sir George Thomas U. N. Lappin (Guy Sautter) & Edward Hawthorn17–16, 15–7Women's doubles Margaret Tragett & Eveline Peterson Alice Gowenlock & Lavinia Radeglia15-4, 16–18, 17–15Mixed doubles Sir George Thomas & Hazel Hogarth Frank Chesterton & Margaret Tragett15-10, 15-12
Men's singles There were four first round matches - Sautter bt R. M. McCallum 15–3, 15–12, Chesterton bt Henry Hosken 15–12, 15–8, Smith bt William Hockin 15–12, 15-5 and Hawthorn bt G. M. Hill 15–9, 15–9.
Women's singles
Men's doubles
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Women's doubles
Mixed doubles There were three first round matches - McCallum & Drake bt Charles Pierson & Lydia Swete 15–5, 15–9, Bisgood & Gowenlock bt Inglis & Constance Pierson 18-13 15-9 and Uber & Hetley bt F. C. Lohden & Miss Drinkwater 15–9, 15–8.
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